4.  The applicant was born in 1962 and lives in the city of Lugansk, Ukraine.
5.  On 30 March 1998 criminal proceedings were instituted against the applicant, being a director of a small private company, and Ms E., a chief accountant of the company, on suspicion of credit fraud.
6. According to the materials in the case-file, on 3 September 1998 the Prosecutor of the Leninsky District of Lugansk ordered the applicant's detention on remand. The parties did not provide a copy of that order.
7.  On 4 September 1998 the proceedings were suspended since the applicant failed to appear before the investigator. On the same date he was put on the list of wanted persons.
8.  On 27 September 2001 the applicant, who at that time resided in Russia, was arrested by the Russian police pursuant to an international warrant for his arrest issued by the Ukrainian authorities.
9.  According to the Government's observations, on 2 October 2001 the preventive measure of detention on remand was upheld. The Government failed to provide a copy of that order.
10.  On 22 October 2001 the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine made a request to the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation for the applicant's extradition under the 1993 Convention on Legal Assistance and Legal Relations in Civil, Family and Criminal Cases (the “Minsk Convention”). On 25 October 2010 the request was granted.
11.  On 1 February 2002 the Prosecutor of the Leninsky District of Lugansk extended the applicant's detention on remand until 15 March 2002.
12.  Once in Ukraine on 6 February 2002, the applicant was detained on remand.
13.  On 5 March 2002 the applicant was charged with financial fraud and forgery.
14.  Between 5 March 2002 and 21 May 2002 the applicant was acquainted himself with the case-file.
15.  On 21 May 2002 the applicant asked the investigator to replace the detention with another preventive measure alleging that he had health problems. On the same date the request was dismissed since the applicant failed to provide any proves in support of his allegations.
16.  On 2 July 2002 the Leninsky District Prosecutor's Office of Lugansk submitted the applicant's case to the court for examination on the merits.
17.  On 15 August 2002 the Leninsky District Court of Lugansk (hereafter “the Leninsky Court”) held a preparatory hearing. It found that the bill of indictment needed redrafting. The case-file was sent back to the Prosecutor's Office. The Leninsky Court also rejected the applicant's request for release, having found that the detention on remand had been ordered at the investigation stage in accordance with law and that there was no reason to replace it with another preventive measure.
18.  On 20 September 2002 the applicant's criminal case was sent to the Leninsky Court. On 4 November 2002 the latter terminated the criminal proceedings against Ms E.
19.  On 4 October 2002, 9 December 2002, 10 December 2002, 19 December 2002 and on an unspecified date in June 2003 the applicant asked the Leninsky Court to replace the detention on remand with another preventive measure. On 4 November 2002, 9 December 2002, 16 December 2002, 10 January 2003 and 27 June 2003 the Leninsky Court respectively dismissed his requests, having found that the detention on remand had been ordered at the investigation stage in accordance with law and that there was no reason to replace it with another preventive measure.
20.  On 21 July 2003 the Leninsky Court convicted the applicant of financial fraud and sentenced him to one year, nine months and twenty four days' imprisonment, less the time spent in detention pending extradition in Russia and in detention on remand in Ukraine. This sentence meant the applicant's immediate release since he had already served it.